Hi everyone, i have been swimming for YEARS using fins. at first i just started out kicking laps, and before i knew it i was swimming laps. now my question is, that i hope someone can help me with is how do swim without my zoomers? i am tired of my feet cramping due to fins, and i really would like to swim without them. when i try and swim without them, i feel like i am a "turtle" barely moving in the water, i find it real hard to find my rhythm. so i feel like i can't swim a stroke without them. they also help buoy me up in the water, another thing that feels different without them. i feel like i will have to learn to swim all over again at the beginning. either that or i won't like swimming without them and lose motivation. does anybody have any ideas? I really feel like it is time to "ditch" the fins and the feet cramps that come with them. thanks for any input you might give me on this. Ciao and may the "lanes" be plentiful. :rant3:
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I have only been swimming around 3-4 months. I started with the training fins as well. When I ditched them, my feet felt like they were hardly doing anything at all. I felt like I was kicking in froth rather than water. I now have two coaches and am having to learn quite a bit about kicking! There are quite a few elements. I hear things such as "feel the water," "use your leg/foot combo like a whip," "for now, point your feet while doing kickboard work" (an exercise that is TOUGH right now,). The only thing that has any meaning to me yet is the kickboard work. I'm still unclear as to what is meant by the whip and feeling the water. :) Definitely take a look at the thread "Help My Flutter Kick is Horrible!"
I have only been swimming around 3-4 months. I started with the training fins as well. When I ditched them, my feet felt like they were hardly doing anything at all. I felt like I was kicking in froth rather than water. I now have two coaches and am having to learn quite a bit about kicking! There are quite a few elements. I hear things such as "feel the water," "use your leg/foot combo like a whip," "for now, point your feet while doing kickboard work" (an exercise that is TOUGH right now,). The only thing that has any meaning to me yet is the kickboard work. I'm still unclear as to what is meant by the whip and feeling the water. :) Definitely take a look at the thread "Help My Flutter Kick is Horrible!"
